This week in game releases: August 17-23, 2009

Wolfenstein leads this week's batch of retail video game releases, and it's …

Leading this week's retail game releases is Wolfenstein—a sequel to last generation's Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which combines Nazis and the occult into one FPS package. Players will once again take on the role of super soldier B.J Blazkowicz as they attempt to thwart Hitler's plans for world domination. Our time spent with the game at GDC 09 revealed a title that was solid, although a tad uninspired. But if you're looking to scratch that FPS itch, this could be a good purchase. And hey, if enough people buy it, your copy might even end up being free.

Other games of note this week: War Leaders: Clash of Nations brings some real-time global strategy to the PC; the Joint Operations series gets bundled up in Combined Arms; and Disney's sci-fi take on Pokemon, Spectrobes, jumps from the DS to the Wii. Read on for the complete list.

PC

Wolfenstein

War Leaders: Clash of Nations

Delta Force Xtreme 2

Joint Operations: Combined Arms

Nintendo DS

My Friends

My Make Up

My Dress Up

Sudoku Ball: Detective

Wii

Spectrobes: Origins

ATV Quad Kings

PlayStation 3

Wolfenstein

Xbox 360

Wolfenstein

While efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of these lists, release dates are always subject to change.